Booker v. Waller
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Hale. • Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Virginia J. Waller, the wife of Robert B. Waller, against said Robert B. Waller and tbe appellants, William N. Knight, Eva H. Knight, Edward W. Booker and Martha K. Booker, and prayed that an account be taken and stated, charging appellee with the amount due and unpaid by her on the purchase-money of certain lands, and charging appellants, William N.…
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Hale. • Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Virginia J. Waller, the wife of Robert B. Waller, against said Robert B. Waller and tbe appellants, William N. Knight, Eva H. Knight, Edward W. Booker and Martha K. Booker, and prayed that an account be taken and stated, charging appellee with the amount due and unpaid by her on the purchase-money of certain lands, and charging appellants, William N. Knight and Edward W. Booker, with the rents and profits of said lands received by them, and that appellee, as…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The present suit is a bill by Mrs. Waller, mortgagor, to redeem the tract of land, four hundred and eighty acres, described in the pleadings. The real contention is, whether the lands are, so far as the rights of Mrs. Waller are concerned, in equity and good conscience, the property of Mrs. Booker and Mrs. Knight, in whom the title has become vested, or in W. N. Knight and E. W. Booker, their husbands, to whom Mrs. Waller executed her mortgage to secure the payment of the purchase-money. The chain of precedent facts and transactions leading up to the present controversy, is somewhat varied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bell v. Mayor of New-YorkNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
- Chapman v. AbrahamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Moore v. CableNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
- Early & Lane v. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Glaze v. BlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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- Kelley v. Connell, Green & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Lammons v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889